By IVAN HO
The Star 17/8/13
IPOH: A five-year-old girl, suspected of having been brutally caned by her mother in Taman Wang, Menglembu, has been warded in the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital here.
Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Sum Chang Keong said a doctor at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital lodged a report on the matter on Friday evening.
He said the girl had cane marks all over her body and head.
"She is being treated at the Intensive Care Unit. Investigation into matter is ongoing," he said.
ACP Sum said following the report, police detained the parents at their home at about 1.30pm.
The girl was brought to the hospital by her 39-year-old father.
It is learnt that she was caned by her 30-year-old mother for "being mischievous."
Police are now investigating the case for child abuse.\ UPDATED Police remand Parents who Brutally caned Daughter
By CHERYL HEW
The Star 17/8/13
IPOH: The parents of a five-year-old girl, who is on life support after being brutally caned, have been remanded for three days.
On Saturday, Magistrate Rahimah Rahim issued the three-day remand order ending Monday at the magistrate's court here.
Confirming that police had obtained a three-day remand order against the 30-year-old mother and 39-year-old father, Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Sum Chang Keong said the case was being investigated as causing grievous hurt under Section 325 of the Penal Code.
It was reported that the girl's father had taken her to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital here after she collapsed from high fever on Thursday.
She had visible cane marks, bruises and lacerations all over her body and head.
The girl's condition prompted a doctor to make a report to the police at the hospital police beat, leading to the arrest of the couple at their home in Taman Wang, Menglembu here, the next day.
It is believed that the mother had caned the girl, said to be a special needs child, over her "mischievous" behaviour.
Neighbours at the couple's home remained tight-lipped when approached by The Star.
They, however, revealed that the girl was a quiet child.
"I've heard from neighbours that the girl often hurts herself by hitting her own head against the wall.
"But I've never seen it with my own eyes," one neighbour claimed.
When contacted, state Women Development, Family, Community Welfare and National Integration committee chairman Datuk Rusnah Kassim said the couple's other son and daughter, aged seven and two, had been taken into the care of the state Welfare Department.
"They are currently under welfare protection.
"Both children have been placed at a children's shelter and are doing well.
"However, they appear to be traumatised over the incident," she said.
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